This Month
Bill Clinton admitted to hospital after developing a fever
The former US president is in “good spirits” after being admitted to hospital in Washington DC.
- Justin Sink
November
- Opinion
- Economics explained
The economics behind ‘credible threats’
Good strategy involves knowing the game, including your opponents, and committing to a strategy.
- Richard Holden
- Opinion
- Trump's America
Why November 5 will not become the Waterloo of wokery
American voters rejected the culture warriors of the left when they picked Donald Trump. But don’t imagine those views won’t still be very powerful in 2044.
- Adrian Wooldridge
- Opinion
- US election
Trump has no tragic flaw, just no character at all
Once, character and reputation were prized in our leaders. How is it that a man with none of those is now in with an even chance of becoming president again?
- Maureen Dowd
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Trump’s flaws make Harris the best choice for Australia
Trump’s trade wars will damage Australian interests, and his lies, vulgarity and conspiracy theories taint democracies everywhere.
- The AFR View
October
- Opinion
- US Votes 2024
Harris is done as America doesn’t care about Trump’s fascism
The Democratic candidate is correct that the republic is in danger, but that message may not be enough to prevent the former president from returning to the White House.
- Edward Luce
How Netanyahu is ‘running rings’ around Biden
The US president had hoped to disentangle from the Middle East. But widening turbulence in the region could influence the US election and define his legacy.
- Edward Luce
September
- Opinion
- World politics
Kishida was better on the foreign stage than at home
The outgoing Japanese PM strengthened international ties and was decisive on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. However, he missed the opportunity to fix the economy.
- Shiro Armstrong
August
- Opinion
- US election
The astonishing metamorphosis of Kamala Harris
Her shift from indifferent vice president to source of Obama-scale enthusiasm has caught many unaware. Yet Democratic talk of victory is dangerously premature.
- Updated
- Edward Luce
- Opinion
- US election
Democrats put Donald Trump on notice
Vice President Kamala Harris has been miraculously reborn as the candidate of change, of a new generation, of hope and light against the old, dark, divisive past.
- Jennifer Hewett
‘Urgent’ $1.6b coal deal; BoQ to sack 400; $1b Aussie housing bet
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Democrats, protesters in Chicago to cheer or challenge Harris and Biden
The Democratic National Convention kick-off was expected to draw tens of thousands of protesters, many opposed to the Biden administration’s support for Israel.
- Steve Holland, Doina Chiacu and Nandita Bose
James Wolfensohn’s Australian classics lead $14m art sale
The canvases by Arthur Boyd and Fred Williams adorned the Australian former president of the World Bank’s Manhattan apartment and lead Smith & Singer’s big mid-year sale.
- Elizabeth Fortescue
July
- Opinion
- US election
What if Joe Biden stays?
A second presidential term that was already burdened with political disadvantage will be incalculably more difficult because of questions about his age.
- Peter Spiegel
May
- Opinion
- Legal profession
How the US Supreme Court became a political organisation
When judges make decisions that should be left to politicians, they undermine democracy.
- Amanda Stoker
April
- Opinion
- US election
The election issue keeping Trump awake at night
Democrats need to press home their advantage on the abortion issue that seems a sure vote-loser for Republicans in November.
- Edward Luce
March
Biden enlists Obama, Clinton for $25m fundraiser event
President Biden, along with Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, arrived for a fundraiser in New York that raised $US25 million, a record for a single political event
- Lisa Lerer
February
- Opinion
- Monetary policy
Why central bankers are right to push back on rate cuts
Trying to rig economic growth by slashing interest rates ignores the forces that really decide what levels rates will be.
- Adrian Blundell-Wignall
January
- Updated
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Biden under pressure to respond to deadly attack on US troops
The president said the United States “will hold all those responsible to account at a time and in a manner [of] our choosing”.
- Updated
- Peter Martin and Eric Martin
Unsealed documents shed light on Jeffrey Epstein’s lurid world
Most of the documents do not include specific episodes of wrongdoing by men other than the disgraced financier, who was found dead in a Manhattan jail cell in 2019.
- Updated
- Joshua Chaffin and Joe Miller